So, how did I really hurt my arm last week?

So, I made a middle of the night post crying about my hurt arm. Turns out I aggravated the shit out of the nerve starting in my neck and the pain radiated all the way out to my fingers. I spent 2 days keeping my arm immobile and taking doses of vicodin. Joe stayed home on Wednesday, letting me sleep it off and driving us all over town. Including taking me to the chiropractor to fix the pain and to the podiatrist to get ANOTHER ingrown toenail cut out (two on the same toe actually)*.

So what did Doctor Kelli and I figure out to be the cause of the enormous amount of pain?

( Click only if you really want to know way too much information. )

Only me. I swear to God.




*BTW, I LOVE my podiatrist. When I went in Wednesday afternoon, and after he was done, he asked if he could do anything else. I said, sure want to save me a trip to the OB and give me a script for Vicodin? He said he'd give me "a few". I thought 10 or so, I ended up with a bottle of 60. Awesome!

Miss Hutchinson's Pumpkin Bread

I keep losing the location of this recipe, so I'll post it here.

This recipe is the one used by my second grade class as a present for our parents. I clearly remember taking part in the mixing and preparation of this bread at school. My Mom still pulls out the original purple mimeograph recipe that came attached to the loaf of bread whenever she makes it. This is my favorite quick bread. And it makes a beautiful transition to Gluten-Free. I am also weird and like eating the batter straight from the bowl. Delicious!

Makes 3 loaves

3 1/3 Cup Flour (I use Tom Sawyer's Gluten Free AP flour)
3 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
3 Cups sugar
1 Cup Oil
4 whole eggs
2/3 Cup water
2 Cups (one big can) pumpkin puree
1 Cup chopped nuts (optional and whatever kind you like. I like walnuts)

In a LARGE bowl, mix wet ingredients. In a smaller bowl mix dry ingredients. Add dry to wet, add nuts if you are going to. Pour into three 9 X 5 X 2 loaf pans. Bake at 350 for 1 hour 10 minutes.

EDIT 12/12/11 I just noticed, while making a normal wheat flour version that it didn't work....I made a mistake in transcribing the recipe...its baking SODA not baking powder. No wonder my GF loafs didn't rise and were flat! Silly Jen